MRC Council member
Dr Precious Lunga is a member of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Council.
Precious is the CEO and Co-Founder of Baobab Circle. Her company developed the award-winning health platform Afya Pap which delivers personalised management of chronic health conditions such as diabetes and hypertension across the African continent via mobile phones. She was previously at Econet Wireless where she established Econet Health, launching several services including the HealthTips platform which acquired more than 750,000 users within a six month period.
Previous roles have included working in biotechnology research and development, clinical trials and policy implementation. She has held positions as an advisor at UNAIDS Geneva and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation. Dr Lunga trained as an epidemiologist and sits on the boards of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Malaria Consortium. She has a PhD in Neuroscience from Cambridge University and is a Yale World Fellow.
Last updated: 11 September 2023